SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 2

SSC CGL Tier II - English - 18th Nov 2020 • English • Q2

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

He said to me, “How delighted I am to see your work!”

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. He exclaimed that he was very delighted to see my work.

Given sentence: He said to me, “How delighted I am to see your work!”

Remove commas and inverted commas and add conjunction that.

This sentence is an exclamatory sentence.

'said to' is changed to 'exclaimed.'

First-person pronouns are changed according to the subject of the reporting verb and second-person pronouns are changed according to the object of the reporting verb.

'I' is changed to 'he', 'am' to 'was', and 'your' to 'my'.

So, the final sentence is:

He exclaimed that he was very delighted to see my work.